Penguin Parade

Happy New Year everyone!! Unlike many of my friends, I don't do a year-in-review post but it's a great way to look back at all our hard work throughout the year. If you haven't already visited them, check out the following friends: Lin, Betty, & Cat - each has a wonderful review of gorgeous cards!!

No rest for us crafters though - gotta get busy on the Christmas stash for this year! Thankfully Christmas Kickstart has a new challenge, already into its second week, to use penguins.

Challenge #27 - Penguin Parade

I spent New Year's Day and part of yesterday putting away Christmas decorations at my parents' house. So today was all about crafting!! I'll list the official set in the supply list but my penguins, musical notes and sentiment actually came from Lawn Fawn's 2017 Fall/Winter Demo set. It has a mixed bunch of clear stamps used for classes at an LSS in my hometown - so fun. I have many other penguins but that one popped out first as I was digging through my stamp sets. I colored them with Copics, recovering from a near disastrous leak of C3 on my left penguin!! Sorry for the dark photo - it's a very gloomy day in MN!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Paper Studio Black;

Lawn Fawn Let's Bokeh in the Snow

Stamps - Lawn Fawn Here We Go A-waddling; Hero Arts Merriest Christmas Wishes (retired)

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 (stitched rectangle - retired)

Hero Arts Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut (banners)

Other - Copic Markers; Tumbled Glass and Weathered Wood Distress Oxide inks; 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink; foam tape

I started out making the background using a 2011 Hero Arts cling stamp and Distress Oxide Inks on Neenah white paper. It left the trees and birdie white; I colored the birdie with Copics and also added some shading. Stamped, colored and fussy cut the penguin trio and then figured how I'd arrange them before stamping the musical notes. After cutting the banner, I realized it curved the wrong way from the curvy sentiment. I simply ran the diecut back through the machine upside down to flatten it - worked perfectly!

That's it for today - thanks to Jo for a fun challenge! Christmas Kickstart will be monthly for awhile but you can enter more than once so I'll probably do that. CAS Christmas announced a new challenge today so I hope to make something soon. Thanks for stopping!!